The role of mothers’ facial expressions of emotions in infants’ language competence

• Main Author: Goh, Kimberly Jia Yen
• Other Authors: Ng Bee Chin
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Humanities::Language
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138328
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The role of language in facial expressions of emotions (FEE) has been demonstrated in empirical studies (Widen, 2013) but evidence on the role that FEE plays in language competence is surprisingly scarce, despite the benefits of FEE in social, cognitive and emotional development. This study is the f...